Ministry of Health signs MoU with Government of West Bengal to set up Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine

Ministry of Health signs MoU with Government of West Bengal to set up Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed an MoU with the Government of West Bengal to formalize its support to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at Kolkata.

The Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine will be set up in Kolkata. The initiative helps in strengthening the blood transfusion services in the State and the surrounding region. The government of India has approved this important initiative with an outlay of approximately Rs.200 Crores towards equipment, manpower and running costs. The land for this initiative will be provided free of cost by the State government.